Packing-form for ladies&#39; waists and similar articles.



E. F. SIMMONS.

PACKING FORM FOR LADIES WAISTS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES,

' APPLICATION FILED PEB.7. 1908.

92428L Patnted June 8,1909.

I 7 31 10 14 Watnesses: Gram W I Edgarli' 3131mm,

EDGAR F. snmons, or ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

* racxindronm FOR mmms WAISTS AND SIMILAR narrows.

I in. 924,281.

Teen whom it concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. SIMMONS,

acitizen of the United Statesof America,

and a resident ofRosl-indale, in the county of Sufi'olk-and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improve. ments in Packing-Forms for Ladies VVaists and Similar Artieles,,of which the following is a specification.

In packingjladiesiwaists and similar garments into oxes for transportation it is customary to separate thejback and front of the germentjby means of crushed soft paper or some similar material in order to prevent loss of'sliap'e to the'garment 'andits becom ing wrinkled. Thi'smakes-considerable trouble, consuming considerable time in properly filling the garment with this material, while there is. considerable expense entailed 2Qinproviding the necessary amount of ma terial to properly fill. out the garment. To overeome this objection' and provide a .ready meansof giving a proper fo'rmto such consists in providing a blank-of flexible material which is so'shaped that it ma be readily-made tosassume a form adapts for insertion within the" afinent with one end thereof raised to the usual bust thereof.

It consists further in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be-readily understood by I 3 reference to. 'the description of the drawings and to; the claims hereinafter given.

Of' 'the drawings: Figure 1 're resents a blank-of flexible material embo ying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2

represents a. plan of the samewi-th the ex-.'

. tensions thereoflocked' together into the form' in which it is adapted forusep Hi 3' representsa side elevation of the same w en su jected to pressureas when in use in a armeIflt,-and Fig. t'represents an end view tereonT f Similar characters designate like arts throughout"theseveral figures-of the C rawaftti'aiaaw g 1 being provided with ,1 two triangular incig.

v siens i2. which term aftaperedcentr-al exten sierr -1.3, "oneach side oi; which a side axtensidn .14:

a garment'when packed for transportation isthe ob ect of the present invention which v I v e510: represents a. suitable I --b1anlrfo+flexib1e material, at one end having 1 all-shaped notch-Hand at the'opposite end i Specification of Letters Eatent. Application filed February 1, 1908. Serial No. 415,252,

Patented June a, 1909.

near each edge with a slit 15 extending through the same while each of the side extensions 14 is provided with a to uelo or other fastening device which'is zidapted to pass through the slit 17 tolock the extensions 18 and 14 together when desired. These blanks 10 may be of. any size to adapt themselves to diflerent sizes of garments and the shape thereof ma vary wlthout 'afi'ecting the principles 0 this invention. For transportation and storage in the store or factory where they are to be used they. may

be-packed in solid stacks in fiat formthus occupying but little space. When, however,

it is desired to pack a-garment for transi portation one of the blanks 10 is taken and the side extensions 14 are bent into the position shown in Fig. 2 with the tongues 16 thereof extending upwardly through the slits 15in tlleextensions 13,, these tongues 16 there- ..by locking the extensions' 13 and 14 together so that the blank is prevented from'returning to its normal flattened condition. This bend ing in of the extensions 14 and locking them to the central'extension 13 causes a swelling or raisedportion 17 to be formed near one end of the article, which raised portion 17 conforms to the bust of the garment and prevents it from being crushed out of shape or wrinkled vin-transit. The lower end 18 of the article when inserted between the front and. back of the garment keeps the lower end of the garment also in good condition.

By using a form of this kind much loss of time is avoided in packing a arment while the shape of the garment itse f is re tained in better condition than would be the I case when packed underthe usual condi- 9 5 tions. Moreover, when the'garment is re-.

[moved from the 'box in the usual method of )ackin the mass of crushed paper removed rom tie garment litters up a room, While with the melting form forming the subjectmatter 0 the present application no litter is made as the form may quickly be removed from the garn'lent'and preserved for further use if desired or it may be destroyed without much loss as the material from which-the packing form is made is inexpensive.

-It is'believed that the'many advantages of a, ackin limtrnof the character herein f descri ed wi the any apparent without any further description:

Having thus described my invention, I

v claim': heextension 13 isfjpfwidsdli 1. As a ..iiew article of manufacture, a

flexible paste-b0ard blank normally flat provided with a central V-shaped incision at one end and at the opposite end with a V- shaped incision oneither side of a central line and extending inwardly less than half the length of the member, thereby forming three longitudinal extensions, the center line of which is provided with slits, parallel with the adjacent sides thereof and-adapted to be engaged by locking tongues, said locking tongues being ear-shaped and provided on the 'side extensions causingthat end of said blank to be'forced outwardly and to assume a shape adapted for use in a ladys' waist to retain the shape of the breast portion while the main body thereof remains flat during transportation in the ordinary packing box. 2. As a new article of manufacture, a collapsible form adapted to retain the shape of a ladys waist during transportation, having a raised breast portion at one end, formed by three extensions of which the central extension has slightly tapering sides and a blunt end, and is provided with two slits extending lon itudznally and parallel to the adjacent sid es thereof, each side extension bein provided with oppositely and outwarclly curved slits forming opposing ears and adapted to engage with the slits in tlie central extension to temporarily lock the extensions togethen,

Signed by me at 7 Water Sit/ Boston,

Mass, this 30th day of January, 1908.

EDGAR F. SIMMONS.

Witnesses:

EDNA C. CLEVELAND, WALTER E. Lona-nu). 

